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No. 620,5!2. Patented Feb. 28,1899.

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FOLDING COUP.

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No. 620,5l2. Patented Feb. 28, |399.

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FOLDING CUUP.

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UNITED STATES y PATENT OFFICE.

OVEN TERRY, OF TUSOOLA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO H. L. VORTHAM, OF SAMEPLACE.

FOLDING COOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,512,dated February28, 1899.

Application ftled September 20, 1898. Serial No. 691,459. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, OWEN TERRY, acitizen of the United States, residingat Tuscola, in the county of Douglas and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Folding Ooops, of which thefollowing is a specification.

lllyinvention relates to improvements in folding coops, and pertains toa coop which is fully described in my Patent No. 588,368, dated August17, 1897, in which the several parts are hinged together in a peculiarway,

whereby they are adapted to fold up into a very small space fortransportation.

The object of my invention is to provide a folding coop adapted to beset up and to be secured by vertical members at the ends of the coop andoutside of the end pieces thereof, the top of the coop having peculiarform of hinges adapting the same to be folded into a small compactbundle, and to provide interior hinged compartments for dividing thecoop into two or more parts.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a coop embodying my invention, shown partly in section. Fig. 2is a side view of the coopwhen folded. Fig. 3 is an end view of the coopwhen folded. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the form of hinges used tothe outer edge of the top. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of one end of thecoop when folded for transportation. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of thefastening device for holding the coop in either an upright or foldedposition.

Referring now to the drawings, A indicates the bottom of the coop, whichis formed in two longitudinal sections a and b, hinged together throughthe medium of the hinges c, whereby the bottom can be longitudinallyfolded outward.

B are the sides, which are hinged at their lower edges to the twosections of the bottom A and adapted to fold inward.

D is the top, which consists of the two sections e and f, hingedtogether at their inner meeting edges and adapted to fold inward. Thesection fis hinged at its outer edge to the top edge of the adjacentside B through the medium of the hinges g. These hinges are of thepeculiar form here shown, consisting of an intermediate leaf h,asshown,where by this section of the top can be folded backward or outwardand over the ends H when they are folded back upon the sides B,to whichthe top is hinged, as shown in the end View, Fig. 3. The ends H areprovided with the peculiar hinges e', which are fully shown and to beopposite the center brace n of the sides B. Vhen they are foldeddownward, however, as shown in Fig. 3, they are in a position to beinclosed against the wire of which the sides are formed and out of linewith the rails of which the sides are formed, whereby they do notinterfere with the close folding of the sides against the sections ofthe bottom, as will be readily understood and as illustrated.

The free edges of the partitions and of the sides and ends are providedwith pins p, adapted to enter corresponding openings p', formed in theadjacent or abutting portions of the rails of the sides and top, wherebywhen the coop is set up the parts are prevented from having any swingingor lateral movements.

The coop is held in its set up position through the medium of thevertical connecting members M. One end of these connecting members,which consists of rods, is united through the medium of eyes N to thesection e of the top, and the edge of the bottom is provided at oppositeends with projecting eyes P. These rods or members are provided at theirfree ends with a spring-catch adapted to catch in the said eyes, asclearly shown. This spring-catch consists of two hinged arms withoppositely and inwardly turned hooked ends, held together through themedium of a coil or other spring S, wrapped around them, and thusadapted to 'engage in the eyes and be held in engagement therewith andto be removed therefrom by a springing of the arms. When the coop isfolded, as shown in Fig. 3, these same connecting members which areadapted to hold the coop in the'set-up position are adapted to hold itin its folded posi- IOO tion. This is accomplished through the medium offorming the members into two sections hinged at their inner ends at thepoints i', whereby they are adapted to fold around the folded parts ofthe coop and to have the hook or catches to engage in eyes V, projectingfrom the bottom, as shown. By this arrangement these connecting membersare adapted to hold the coop in its set-up position or in its foldedposition, as will be readily understood from the accompanyingillustrations.

For the purpose of permitting access to the coop the top is providedwith one or more doors Q, hinged thereto and provided with an ordinaryspring-latch R, whereby the doors may be opened for the purpose ofpermitting access within the coop. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. A folding coop comprising a bottom consistin g of two longitudinalsections hinged together to fold outward, sides hinged to the outeredges of said sections and adapted to fold inward, ends hinged to theends of one side, a top hinged to the free edge of same side consistingof two longitudinal sections hinged together to fold outward, and apartition made in two sections and hinged to the bottom and adapted tofold upon the same, substantially as described.

2. A folding coop comprisinga bottom, consisting of two longitudinalsections hinged together to fold outward, sides hinged to the outeredges of the bottom sections ends hinged to the edges of one of thesides and adapted to fold out upon the said side, a top hinged to theouter edge of the same side, the hinges adapting it to be folded outover the ends, said top also made in two longitudinal hinged sectionsand adapted to fold inward, a partition made in two sections of lesswidth than the longitudinal sections of the bottom and hinged to saidsections and adapted to fold down on the bottom, and a connecting linkedrod for fastening the parts together, substantially as described.

3. A folding coop consisting of sectional folding parts hinged together,the bottom provided with inwardly-extending eyes, and thetop having ahinged or sectional connecting member connected to the top and adaptedto fold around the folded parts and to engage` the said eyes of thebottom when folded, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. Y

OWEN TERRY.

Witnesses:

MILTON M. HENsoN, THos. D. HANsoN.

